Charlotte Race Fast Facts:
Kyle Busch won the 11th Annual North Carolina Education Lottery 200, his 31st victory in 107 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races.
This is his first victory and second top-10 finish in 2013. It was his first win since Sept. 24, 2011 at New Hampshire.
This is his fifth victory and seventh top-10 finish in eight races at Charlotte Motor Speedway. He has more wins at Charlotte than any other track in the series.
This is Busch's 113th NASCAR national series victory.
Brendan Gaughan (second) posted his fourth top-10 finish in eight races at Charlotte Motor Speedway. It is his third top-10 finish in 2013.
Max Gresham (third) posted his career-best finish. His previous best was 11th at Martinsville on Oct. 27, 2012.
Matt Crafton leads the point standings by 22 points over Jeb Burton.
(NASCAR Integrated Marketing)(5-17-2013)

QUALIFYING RESULTS, PRACTICE SPEEDS, ENTRY LIST....news and links

Burton on the pole for the NC Education Lottery 200: #4-Jeb Burton won the pole for Friday's NC Education Lottery 200 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Burton ran a top speed at 181.372 mph. It is his third pole of the season. #3-Ty Dillon, #17-Timothy Peters, #51-Kyle Busch, #32-Miguel Paludo, #6-Justin Lofton, #19-Ross Chastain, #60-Dakoda Armstrong, #29-Ryan Blaney,
and #77-German Quiroga close out the top 10.
See complete results on the Starting lineup (pdf) page.(5-17-2013)

Charlotte Qualifying Notes:
Jeb Burton won the Keystone 21 Means 21 Pole Award for the 11th Annual North Carolina Education
Lottery 200 with a lap of 29.773 seconds, 181.372 mph.
This is his third pole in ten NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races.
This is his third pole and fifth top-10 start in 2013.
This is his first pole in two races at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Ty Dillon (second) posted his fourth top-10 start of 2013 and his second in two races at Charlotte Motor
Speedway.
Timothy Peters (third) posted his fourth top-10 start at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
It is his second in
five races this season.(NASCAR Integrated Marketing PR)

Peters fastest in final practice: #17-Timothy Peters was fastest in final practice at Charlotte Motor Speedway prior to Friday night's 200-mile race. Peters clocked the fastest speed at 180.965 mph. #29-Ryan Blaney, #3-Ty Dillon, #77-German Quiroga, #32-Miguel Paludo, #6-Justin Lofton, #4-Jeb Burton, #51-Kyle Busch, #60-Dakoda Armstrong, #31-James Buescher complete the top 10. 37 of the entered 38 trucks turned at least one lap during the session. The #51-Kyle Busch team changed an engine, their second change in as many days. See complete speed results on the Charlotte practice 3 speeds page (pdf).(5-17-2013)

Burton fastest in second practice: #4-Jeb Burton was fastest during the second practice at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Thursday. Burton paced the second session with a speed of 180.572 mph. #17-Timothy Peters, #88-Matt Crafton, #98-Johnny Sauter, #19-Ross Chastain, #29-Ryan Blaney, #77-German Quiroga, #3-Ty Dillon, #32-Miguel Paludo, and #51-Kyle Busch complete the top 10. 38 of the entered 38 trucks for Friday's nights race participated in the session. See complete results on the Charlotte practice 2 speeds page (pdf).(5-16-2013)

Dillon fastest in first practice: #3-Ty Dillon was fastest during opening practice at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Thursday. During what is being considered a test day for all of the teams, Dillon led the way with a speed of 179.283
mph. #31-James Buescher was second, followed by: #51-Kyle Busch, #19-Ross Chastain, #29-Ryan Blaney, #4-Jeb Burton, #2-Brad Keselowski, #98-Johnny Sauter, #17-Timothy Peters, #88-Matt Crafton. See complete results on the Charlotte practice 1 speeds page (pdf).(5-16-2013)

Entry list: There are 38 trucks on the preliminary entry list for Friday's N.C. Education Lottery 200 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Notables include: Brad Keselowski and Kyle Busch in their own entries;
Tim George, Jr. and the #5 Wauters Motorsports team switch from Ford to Chevy. (5-13-2013)UPDATE: Mike Harmon has replaced Chris Fontaine, who was listed on the preliminary entry list, in the #84.(5-16-2013)
See the complete list on the Charlotte Motor Speedway entry list page

Notes:Teams in both the NASCAR Sprint Cup and Camping World Truck
Series will run the same Goodyear tire codes at Charlotte this week . .
. this is the same combination of left- and right-side tires that teams
in both of these series ran at Charlotte last season . . . this
left-side tire code (D-4428) dates back to Charlotte in 2011 for Sprint
Cup teams . . . this right-side tire code (D-4552) was run by Cup teams
at Darlington last weekend . . . in Camping World Truck, Charlotte is
the only track at which teams run either of these two tire codes . . .
normally, Sprint Cup tires are branded "Goodyear Eagle" and Camping
World Truck tires are branded "Goodyear Wrangler," however, throughout
Charlotte's Speed Weeks, all tires will be decaled with "Support Our
Troops" as part of the Goodyear Gives Back program . . . as on all
NASCAR ovals greater than one mile in length, teams are required to run
inner liners in all four tire positions at Charlotte . . . air pressure
in those inner liners should be 12-25 psi greater than that of the
outer tire.

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series News & Notes

Busch, Crafton Share Charlotte Connection
Matt Crafton won his first NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Charlotte Motor Speedway. So did Kyle Busch. The two enter Friday night's North Carolina Education Lottery 200 with the same albeit slightly different agendas.
Each wants a victory.
Crafton, however, might be willing to sacrifice the trophy in exchange for maintaining or adding to his series points lead. For Busch, a four-time Charlotte truck winner but not NCWTS points eligible, it's all about the "W." Thus, it wouldn't be surprising to see Crafton's No. 88 ThorSport Racing Toyota go fender-to-fender with Busch's No. 51 Kyle Busch Motorsports Tundra.
Busch owns a significant statistical advantage over Crafton and everyone else in the field. His 129.2 Driver Rating includes series bests of average finish (3.6), laps led (335), number of fastest laps (205), and percentage of laps in the top 15 (88.9).
Crafton's Driver Rating (96.4) is fifth best and includes most green flag passes (307) and most quality passes (254) and most top-10 finishes (seven).
Busch and Crafton aren't the only Charlotte winners in the field. Justin Lofton won the race a year ago while Ron Hornaday Jr. is a two-time winner (2007, '09). The four-time series champion ranks second to Busch in Driver Rating (113.2) and has finished among the top five in six of eight Charlotte races.
Busch, Crafton and Hornaday have won seven of the past eight Charlotte races.

Second Last Year, Keselowski Ready For 'Do-Over'
Close, but no trophy and no record.
That was the story a year ago at Charlotte Motor Speedway for Brad Keselowski. Bidding to become the 24th competitor to win in all three of NASCAR's national series, Keselowski lost the lead to Justin Lofton on the North Carolina Education Lottery 200's final restart and finished second.
It also kept Keselowski and his father, Bob, from becoming the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series' first son-father winners.
Keselowski, who's finished second three times in NCWTS competition, gets his next do-over Friday night. Brad Keselowski Racing will enter three Fords, for Keselowski, Ross Chastain and Ryan Blaney.
Blaney, the series' youngest winner a year ago at age 18, is running for the championship. He ranks fourth, 21 points behind leader Matt Crafton. Chastain is competing for BKR on a limited basis.
At 20, Keselowski got his chance in the series with his family's team. BKR exists to identify future stars, he said.
"Giving back and reinvesting in our sport is critical," Keselowski said. "Someone [Dale Earnhardt Jr.] gave me a chance to prove myself and I feel it's the only thing to do to give a young driver a chance in good equipment."

Townley, Red Horse Participate In NASCAR Day Giving
Friday's 10th Annual NASCAR Day wraps up this year's "Ten Days of Giving" tour that included a May 8 stop in Atlanta. NCWTS competitor John Wes Townley, a Watkinsville, Ga., native, participated in the event before heading for Charlotte with his No. 7 Red Horse Racing Toyota team.
The team presented the George Washington Carver Boys & Girls Club with a new TV for their gaming room. Townley did a question-and-answer session and spent time playing the NASCAR game on the Wii with the kids.
"It means a lot to come out here and give back to my local community," Townley said. "This sport has given me so much. It's always been my dream to drive and if I can give back, it's really an honor.
"I have three younger siblings, so I've been around kids for a while."
Camping World, the Official Outdoor and RV Retailer of NASCAR, has joined the cause this year and will make the limited-edition pin, designed by NASCAR's first officially licensed artist Sam Bass, available now until May 17 at Camping World SuperCenters nationwide for a $10 donation to The NASCAR Foundation.

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, Etc.
Friday night's North Carolina Education Lottery 200 ends a near month-long break in the NCWTS schedule. Drivers will compete on three of the next four weekends at Charlotte, Dover and Texas Motor Speedway. & Crafton's standings lead over ThorSport Racing teammate Johnny Sauter is 13 points. The pair has won three of the year's first four races and fashioned a combined eight top-10 finishes. & Busch is the only driver to win from the pole (2010).